The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-22
ON CHANGE.

on the month Of May.
ArNew York January cotton futures
are quoted at 9.95@9.77c.
Ar Liverpool wheat is steady, de-
mand fair; corn quiet and unchanged.
Stock Of corn at Chicago increased
about 100000 bushels during the past
week.
EsrrMATKs on the visible supply
varied from |, 250, COO bushels to .76O,-
600 bushels decrease.
THERE were no sales yesterday at
either the call on stocks and bonds or
breadstuffs at the Merchants Ex-
change Board.
ST. LOUIS cash corn unchanged at
close; wheat of ac; May wheat
of ic; cash oats of tc. Cash pork,
lard and clear ribs unchanged.
srocKs of grain in store at New
York March 10th: Wheat, 5,276, 767
bu; corn, 1,774,0l5 bu; oats, $50, 7l0
bu; barley, 178,012 bu; rye, 24,O2b
bu; PEGS, 27O2 bu; malt, 292, lss bu.
BALTIMoRR grain market yesterday;
Receipts Flour, $3.50 barrels; wheat,
28, 700 bushels; corn, 75,500 bushels |;
oats, 2lGO bushels. Shipments
Flour, 1874 barrels; corn, sS,40O
bushels. -.
MEMPHIS cotton receipts yesterday,
1886 bales; shipments, 1881 bales;
sales, 1900 bales. Stock on hand, 5S,-
437 bales. Total receipts TO date, 634, :
54l bales; total shipments to date,
572, 692 bRles.
AT Chicago yesterday cash pork snd
Nav pork closed unchanged; cash
lard up &c; May lard up 23C; cash
clear ribs up loo, closing at 81 S73.
Cash corn of &C.; wheat cash and
May off &c; cash oats of &c.
Yesterday Memphis spot cotton adj
vanced &c; middiing, 93c, At New
York the advance was &C.; middling,
l0Ac. AT Liverpool middling uplands
and Orleans advanced 1-16c. AT New
Orleans spots advanced sc; middlingi
. 0 9.l6c, or 3 .l6c less than Memphis. Al
D ST. Louis middling is 91c, or to lower
than Memphis.
: A CHICAGO telegram Gays: Offerings
of choice Early Rose potatoes do moi
= increase, and such are difficult to OBJ
8 tain. Other varieties were in ample
Q supply and cold moderately. Early
a Rose for seed would bring 75@S0c
J., Burbanks sold at 46@52c; Michigan
4394Sc; Beauty Of Hebron, 43@4Sc
= othee varieties, 40046c. Small salei
9 from store, 10000 per bushel over ca
A lots.
:. VIeIroRs on Change yesterday
John f. Middleton, Chicago; j. E
h Glenny, New Orleans; p. u Jackson
r Chicago; Robert Woolfenden, Calves
/, ton; Chas. w. Mccain, Springfield
:. Mo-. T. l.. Bourber, Lexington, Ky.
L. Kahn, Clsrksdale, Miss. W. Dur
8 den, Salisbury, Tenn. J. l. Kennedy
Q New York; Warren Holmes, New
v York; z. V. Delsnd, Black Rock
q Ark.
= NRw YoRK -four receipts yesterda.
" were Is, ISL barrels and sacks; exports
g 1885 barrels and 22,59S sacks; sales
j. $4,000 barrels. Wheat receipts, 1877,
"A 200 bushels; exports, lS0, 1885 bushels
= sales, 100000 bushels futures an'
70 l9l 900 bushels spots. Corn receipts
d SO, 500 bushels; exports, 81 $50 bushels
h sales, $4,000 bushels futures and 224,
A. 600 bushels spots. Oats receipts
A 80, 600 bushels; sales, 100000 bushel
y" futures and 12S,000 bushels spots.
Ar New York yesterday the dr.
goods trade held meeting which wa
prompted by notification from tn
I. trunk line Representative that o.
. and after April ], new classiticstio
O. for dry goods would so into tttec
o Resolutions were adopted in which
10 was stated that the new classi6catio
a. would increase the cost Of freight b
per cent. on very important lines
low priced domestic fabrics. Tn
is trade had not been notified or col
a. suited upon this question so vital
IN affecting their interest, and 1t was II
:, solved to be the sense OF the meetin
~ that the proposed new classification
o unjust and unreasonable, and sgsini
le the general welfare Of all sections
N the country. The discriminating per
atty Of so per cent. embodied in tn
u new classification, sgainst the use
ut packing cases and in favor Of canvaI
D. covered bales was denounced as III
IN reasonable and opposed to tn
spirit Of the interstate law.
ne committee will act for the trad
n in protss is to the railroads and, II me-
70. essary, to the interstate commissio
al aud the United States courts. Shil
n pers are instructed to submit 10 II
lu new classifi ,ations only under .protes
Tia The Interstate Commission when 81
N. pointed, will be asked TO come to Ne
!, York to examine the subject. tt
~ leading houses of the trade were rel
Ut resented at the meeting and the NEE
g, ing was unanimous in its determin
ne lions,